Rope-reel.



G. W. GAVELL. ROPE REEL. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25; 1908.

' 908,743. Patented Jan. 5,1909.

, State of Ohio, have invented UNITED" manning-TENT mm.

GEORGE W. GAVELL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ROPE-REEL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE W. CAVELL, citizen of the United States, Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and useful Improvements in Rope-R eels, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to-line or rope reels or holders and is an improvement over a somewhat similar device forming the subjectmatter of my former patent No. 673, 95,

May 7th, 190

The object of the present invention is the provision of a line and rope holder of the same general type shown in my patent, but which will permit the line or rope to be wound and unwound more conveniently and more quickly.

In accordance with the present invention the frame which has sul'r-stantially the same shape as the frame in the line holder shown in my patent is not formed integral with the handle but is swiveled thereon so that it can be turned rapidlywithrespect to the handle. The handle which has'a swivel connection with the frame, in the present case passes loosely through loops or convolutions provided in one side of the frameand in a wire connecting the two opposite sides thereof. The wire of the handle is provided at the end with a curved. or hooked shaped portion which not only revents the frame from sliding off the hand e, but as the device is preferably constructed there is a slight play of the frame/upon the, handle and the hook at the end is 0 sufficient length so that when it is desired to prevent the rotary movement of the same, a

I p 1 that is necessary is to shift the frame toward the hook until the, end of the latter extends across or engages the connectmg wire referred to when the frame can be he (I in fixed position by the thumb upon one side'of the frame, as will be pressure of the brought out more clearly in the description .taken in connection with the drawings.

invention may be further briefiy summarlzed as consisting in certain novel details of construction and combination and arranglement of parts which will be described in t e specification and set forth in the ap pended claims.

Reference is. had to the accompanying drawmgs'm wl11 ch Figure 1 is an elevation of the reel, ,the

frame being in the position so as to be ca' Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

pah le of free rotation on thehandle; and Fig.

2 is a similar view showing the manner in residing at 5' certain new and I -ing wire 17 as is Ishown in Fig.

which the frame can be held by the pressure of tne'thumh against rotation.

lteferring now to the figuresjof the drawing 10 represents the frame which is formed of wire and is provided with two parallelsides 11 and 12 which are substantially at right angles to the handle and with two sides 13 and 14 which are shaped so as to receivethe line or rope and arefor this purpose made V' shaped. At the apex of each' of the, -V- shaped sides is a Ushaped portion 15 in either one of which the knotted end of the rope may be placed preparatory to winding. The free ends of the wire out of which the frame is formed are hooked together and one of the free ends 16 extendsoutward for a short distance at an acute angle to the corresponding side 11 forming therewith a V- shaped hook in which the free end of the line or rope may he caught after beingwound on the reel so as to prevent its unwinding or becoming loose. Extending between the U' shaped portions 15 of the V-shaped sides 13 and 14 is a connecting wire 17, the ends of which are hooked over said U-shaped portions. At the center of the side port-ion 12 of the frame andat the center of the connect- 'ing wire 17 are loops 18 and 19 formed by bending or twisting the wire through one com lete turn.

T e handle which may be of any desired constructionconsists, in the present case, of a hand portion or grip 20 formed preferably of wood, and a wire or rod 21 which passes through the'loops or convolutions lS or 19 and is secured in the ends of the wooden'por- 'tion, the end of which may be provided with a ferrule 22. The end of the wire portion 21 of the handle is curved or bent upon itself so as to form a hook 23, there being sufficient space between the end of the hook and the end of the wooden portion of the handle to permit the free rotation of the frameif desired. The frame may however be shifted outward a short distance. until the endof the hook engages or is in the path of thegzonnect- 2 and by placing the thumhupon theframe as shown the frame is held against rotation. Thus it will be seen that during the unwindin of the line or-ro e the frame may rotate free y upon the hand e but when it is desired to wind the line or ropefiipon the frame the latter can be which the line or rope is adapted to be wound, a handle comprising a wire 'or rod on held against rotation and consequently both. the winding and unwinding can he done conveniently and quickly.

I do not desireto be confined to the exact details shown, but rim in my claims to cover I all modifications wiich do not involve a de-- parture from the spirit and scope of 'my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1; In a line or rope reel, a frame formed of 1 wire and having two substantially parallel 1 sides and two sides rent inward toward each f other forming 1'6G6S8S in which the line or rope is adapted to b wound, a wire connecting said inwardly e2 tending sides, said connecting wire and Ono of the parallel sides of the frame having 1( ops formed therein by bending'the wires, and a handle comprising a rod or wire extending through said loops and on which the fr: me is swiveled.

2. In a line or r0 e-iqjeel, a wire frame on which the frame is sv iveled, said wire or rod having at its end a eu rved or hooked portion,

said frame having slight play longitudiy and can be held a;

nally ol the handle whereby it can be moved so as to engage said curved or hooked portion iinst rotation. 3. In a line or rope reei', a l'rain'e formed of wire and having two .s'UlJSiftlliii'tllY parallel sides and two sides oxtemling iinvardly toward each. othe; forming recesses in which -1' the line or rope may be wound, a wire connecting said inwardly extending sides, said connecting wire and one oi" the parallel sides having loops lei-med by bending the wire, and a handle comp 'ug a wire O1' l"0(l extending'l'reely 1 gn said loops, said wire 1 or rod having at its end a "urved or hooked portion, said frame having a limited play 1ongitudinally of the handle whereby the frame can be moved outward so that the connecting wire is in the path of said curved or .hooked portion, and the frame can be held against rotation by pressing the same against said curved or hooked portion.

In testimony whereol: l ai'llx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. GEORGE W UAV ELL. Vitnesses N. M. CALFEE, RAE Wmss. 

